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Four others from the Bryant pit crew were also fined and put on probation because of their participation in a separate altercation after the conclusion of the second heat race at Martinsville.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
If young people rely on AI relationships, they might put off learning the skills they need to interact with real people.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
"He's one of the bears that we've been able to watch on the live cams since the live cams were put in in 2012," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“I couldn’t quite put a name to what I’d been doing this past year.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Down to the last two wheels, I was about to put up a sign that we were sold out when Sadie and Max surfaced.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A Wall Street Journal survey puts Brent crude at an average of $90.22 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate at $85.47 a barrel in the fourth quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The back-to-back best director Oscar winner of “Birdman” and “The Revenant” has always loved a showy gimmick, but here he puts his influences on bold display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Michael Hill, a professor of chemistry at Occidental College, puts it more bluntly: "LASIK is just a fancy way of doing traditional surgery. It's still carving tissue -- it's just carving with a laser."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
About 20 million households in England, Scotland and Wales are on variable energy tariffs set by Ofgem's price cap, which puts a maximum price on each unit of gas and electricity.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Papa laughed and said, “I’ve always figured that a man can do almost anything if he puts his mind to it and doesn’t ever give up.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
This has stressed many fruit plants, putting them into thermal dormancy and slowing down fruit production.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
That hasn’t been too successful yet — emphasis on yet — but this is about much more than potentially putting Smith behind bars.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Aakash Doshi, global head of gold markets at State Street Investment Management, said investors were still putting a lot of money into exchange-traded funds tracking gold.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
So why not call the current system for what it is and let top talented high-school graduates get drafted by NFL teams instead of putting the financial burden on the colleges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
She turned back to the other staff in the kitchen, busily putting plates together for patrons waiting for their orders.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
